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A giant flag the once flew over Ground Zero during the recovery efforts hangs on the side of a building on Mott Street in observance of the 9/11 anniv...

Rep. Joe Wilson of North Carolina remains seated as some of his fellow Republican members of Congress stood to applaud President Barack Obama during h...

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., second from left, and House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, third from left, outside the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington...

Marin Cilic of Croatia during a match against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Del Potro d...

President Barack Obama during a meeting with members of the American Nurses Association in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the street...

President Obama meets with members of his Cabinet at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2009. Obama accepted a South Carolina Republica...

Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during a match against Marin Cilic of Croatia at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Del Potro d...

President Barack Obama during a meeting with members of the American Nurses Association in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the street...

Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during a match against Marin Cilic of Croatia at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Del Potro d...

Representative Charles B. Rangel, Democrat of New York, at a press conference in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. President Barack Obama's spee...

Outside Macy's in Elmhurst, Queens before "Fashion's Night Out," a citywide shopping event tied to Fashion Week on Sept. 10, 2009. A business built on...

President Barack Obama with members of the American Nurses Association in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the street from the White Ho...

President Barack Obama during a meeting with members of the American Nurses Association in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the street...

President Obama comments on an apology made by Rep. Joe Wilson during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the White House in Washington, Thursday...

Alisa Kleybanova (shown) and Ekaterina Makarova of Russia during a doubles match against Serena and Venus Williams at the U.S. Open in New York on Thu...

Serena and Venus Williams during a doubles match against Ekaterina Makarova (shown) and Alisa Kleybanova of Russia at the U.S. Open in New York on Thu...

Serena and Venus Williams during a doubles match against Ekaterina Makarova and Alisa Kleybanova of Russia at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, S...

Rafael Nadal of Spain during a match against Fernando Gonzalez of Chile at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (Michelle V. Agins/T...

Marin Cilic of Croatia during a match against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Del Potro d...

Marin Cilic of Croatia during a match against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Del Potro d...

Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during a match against Marin Cilic of Croatia at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Del Potro d...

Fernando Gonzalez of Chile during a match against Rafael Nadal of Spain at the U.S. Open in New York on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (Michelle V. Agins/T...

Serena, background, and Venus Williams during a doubles match against Ekaterina Makarova and Alisa Kleybanova of Russia at the U.S. Open in New York o...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), center, speaks with Benjamin Todd Jealous, president of the NACCP, during a gathering of members of the Congression...

Members of Congress listen as President Barack Obama delivered his health care speech in the House Chamber on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. President Obam...

President Barack Obama aboard his helicopter, Marine One, after addressing a memorial service for Walter Cronkite, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 20...

President Barack Obama addresses the nation about health care reform in the House Chamber on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. President Obama sought to refra...

President Barack Obama heads back to the Oval Office after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House following a trip to New York to address a mem...

Wynton Marsalis plays his trumpet during a memorial to Walter Cronkite at Lincoln Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Seated at left is vete...

Republican members of Congress wave their version of the health care bill in the air in protest during President Barack Obama's healthcare speech in t...

President Barack Obama arrives in the House Chamber to address the nation about health care reform on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (Doug Mills/The New Yo...

Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr, who will deliver the Republican response to President Obama's address to Congress on health care reform, rehearsing at t...

President Barack Obama address the nation about health care reform in the House Chamber on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)...

Joe Wilson, a Republican Congressman from South Carolina, protests as President Barack Obama delivered his health care speech in the House Chamber on...

President Barack Obama with President Clinton and CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves, bottom left, during a memorial service fo...

Diane Sawyer of ABC's "Good Morning America," with Charles Gibson, anchor of the network's evening news program "World News" during the memorial servi...

*FILE PHOTO* -- Jay-Z in his Midtown office in 2005, when he was president of Def Jam Recordings. Jay-Z, hip-hop's reigning anomaly: a grown-up, level...

Jay-Z at Madison Square Garden in New York in August 2009. Jay-Z, hip-hop's reigning anomaly: a grown-up, level-headed, career-minded adult who has st...

Members of a group called Health Insurance Reform Now, hold a rally supporting public option while listening to President Barack Obama's address to Co...

President Barack Obama arrives in the House Chamber to address the nation about health care reform on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (Stephen Crowley/The N...

Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-La.), who will deliver the Republican response to President Obama's address to Congress on health care reform, rehea...

President Barack Obama heads back to the Oval Office after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House following a trip to New York to address a mem...

Jay-Z performing at the All Points West festival in Jersey City, N.J., where fans shouted out one of his popular rap lines, "I'm not a businessman --...

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., top left, and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center right, speak to reporters in Washington on Wed., Sep. 9, 2009. (Stephen Crowl...

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), center, talks to reporters outside a Senate Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009....

President Barack Obama during a memorial service for Walter Cronkite, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Cronkite, the pioneering anchorman of th...

Members of a group called Health Insurance Reform Now, hold a rally supporting public option while listening to President Barack Obama's address to Co...

President Barack Obama address the nation about health care reform in the House Chamber on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)...

President Barack Obama arrives in the House Chamber to address the nation about health care reform on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (Doug Mills/The New Y...

President Obama arrives in the House Chamber to address the nation about health care reform on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (Stephen Crowley/The New York...